Hi all,<br><br>I was wondering if any of you went through one of the following initiatives for certifying your DSpace repository.<br><br>
TRAC Project (Center for Research Libraries)<a href="http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=13&l2=58&l3=162&l4=91"><br>
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=13&l2=58&l3=162&l4=91</a><br>
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DINI Certification (German organization for networked information) <a href="http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/series/dini-schriften/2006-3-en/PDF/3-en.pdf"><br>
http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/series/dini-schriften/2006-3-en/PDF/3-en.pdf</a><br>
(Driver guidelines are based on this)<br><br>
DRAMBORA (Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment) Toolkit<br>
<a href="http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/">http://www.repositoryaudit.eu</a><br>
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NESTOR certification<a href="http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/downloads/mat/nestor_mat_08-eng.pdf"><br>
http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/downloads/mat/nestor_mat_08-eng.pdf</a><br><br>If you did, a few questions:<br><br>- How much effort was required from your side ?<br>- How much effort was required from the side of the certification authority (if there was one) ? Were there any costs involved ?<br>
- Did your DSpace installation comply with the requirements of the certification right away, or did you have to make modifications//changes ?<br>- If you had to modify your installation for compliance, was this because of your own customizations or decisions you made in your metadata profiles, or because of some DSpace-specific properties ?<br>
- Do you have any advice or comments for people who are looking at certification ? Is it worth the effort//costs ? <br><br>with best regards,<br><br>Bram Luyten<br><br clear="all">@mire - <a href="http://www.atmire.com">http://www.atmire.com</a><br>
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